ok, this works but needs to be tested more

app/Models/AssetModel.php

@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ class AssetModel extends SnipeModel
     {
         return $this->belongsTo(\App\Models\CustomFieldset::class, 'fieldset_id');
     }
+   
+    public function customFields()
+    {
+       return $this->fieldset()->first()->fields(); 
+    }
 
     /**
      * Establishes the model -> custom field default values relationship

app/Models/CustomField.php

@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ class CustomField extends Model
     {
         return $this->belongsToMany(\App\Models\CustomFieldset::class);
     }
+   
+    public function assetModels()
+    {
+       return $this->fieldset()->with('models')->get()->pluck('models')->flatten()->unique('id'); 
+    }
 
     /**
      * Establishes the customfield -> admin user relationship

resources/views/hardware/bulk.blade.php

@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@
         {{-- @foreach ($models as $model) 
             <label class="col-md-12 text-center">
                 {{ $model->name }} asset model
-            </label> --}}
+            </label>
-            {{-- @include("models/custom_fields_form",["model" => $model]) --}}
+            @include("models/custom_fields_form",["model" => $model]) --}}
             @include("models/custom_fields_form_bulk_edit",["models" => $models])
         {{-- @endforeach   --}}
       

resources/views/models/custom_fields_form.blade.php

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+@php
+    $fields = [];
+    foreach($model->fieldset->fields AS $field) {
+        $fields[] = $field->db_column_name();
+    }
+   ray($fields); 
+    $duplicates = array_diff_assoc($fields, array_unique($fields));
+    ray($duplicates);
+@endphp
 @if (($model) && ($model->fieldset))
   @foreach($model->fieldset->fields AS $field)
     <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has($field->db_column_name()) ? ' has-error' : '' }}">

resources/views/models/custom_fields_form_bulk_edit.blade.php

@@ -1,32 +1,28 @@
 @php
 $fields = [];
+$modelNames = [];
+foreach($models as $model) {
+    $modelNames[] = $model->name;
+}
+
 @endphp
 @foreach($models as $model)
-<div>{{$model->name}}</div>
+    
-
 @if (($model) && ($model->fieldset))
-  @foreach($model->fieldset->fields AS $field)
+  @foreach($model->customFields AS $field)
-    {{-- if field has already been displayed, skip --}}
+  @php
-    {{-- @php 
         if (in_array($field->db_column_name(), $fields)) {
             $duplicate = true;
-            ray($field->db_column_name() . ' is a duplicate');
             continue; 
         } else {
             $duplicate = false;
         }
-        $fields[] = $field->db_column_name();
+       $fields[] = $field->db_column_name(); 
-        ray($fields); 
+@endphp
-    @endphp  --}}
-
 
+    
     <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has($field->db_column_name()) ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
       <label for="{{ $field->db_column_name() }}" class="col-md-3 control-label">{{ $field->name }} </label>
-      {{--hmmm, this doesn't make sense, duh.
-      need to determine duplicates _before_ any rendering --}}
-     {{-- @if($duplicate)  --}}
-      {{-- <p class="">On Models: {{$model->name}}</p> --}}
-    {{-- @endif --}}
       <div class="col-md-7 col-sm-12{{ ($field->pivot->required=='1') ? ' required' : '' }}">
 
 
@@ -87,13 +83,17 @@ $fields = [];
 
           @endif
 
-              @if ($field->help_text!='')
+        @if ($field->help_text!='')
-              <p class="help-block">{{ $field->help_text }}</p>
+            <p class="help-block">{{ $field->help_text }}</p>
-              @endif
+        @endif
+
+
+             @foreach($field->assetModels() as $assetModel) 
+                @if(in_array($assetModel->name, $modelNames)) 
+                    <p>{{$assetModel->name}}</p>
+                @endif 
+            @endforeach 
 
-              @if($duplicate)
-                <p class="">This custom field is present on multiple models</p>
-                @endif